Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
Yesterday I made one of my favorite summertime meals, one I’ve not executed in a very long time: Vichyssoise and Crostini with roasted garlic, goat cheese and parsley. I set down the meal on the table, called the family to supper, sat down, watched my son dig into the Vichyssoise and then heard him declare: "What is this?" "Vichyssoise!," I responded. His retort: "Isn’t it just cold soup?" And there I realized that I had inadvertently raised a boy who…
If you meet enough people in your lifetime you eventually come to the conclusion that there is a scale upon which all people can be placed with "Tossers" at one end of the scale and "Savers" at the opposite end. Extreme Tossers are the least sentimental among us. They toss stuff out readily, surround themselves with only minimal reminders of who they are, never kept a scrapbook in their life, and can’t figure out why anyone would save that picture…
I finally had a chance to give serious face time to Tyler (Dr. Vino) Colman’s newest book: WINE POLITICS: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink. A book of this sort is so long overdue and I had been looking forward to it with such great anticipation that I nearly wet my pants when it finally arrived at my door. I cracked it open somewhere over Nevada on my way to the National Conference of State…
" ‘Sunday is God’s day’, he said. ‘We shouldn’t be out sipping on wine and whiskey.’—What a bunch of BS. Why should I have to suffer because a handful of bible-thumpers decide on a lark that drinking on Sunday is bad. You know what Jesus would do? He’d drive over to the next county with me and that way we could split a twelve pack." This semi-lucid statement comes from the comment section of the Louisville-Courier that reports Sheperdsville Rejects…
I head out Wednesday for a few days in my favorite American city: New Orleans. The National Conference of State Legislatures is having its annual Legislative Summit and Direct Shipment of Wine is on the agenda. While the majority of my time will be spent at the Ernest Morial Convention Center and in meetings with colleagues, I will have some time to re-explore a city I’ve never been able to get enough of. In the numerous times I’ve been to…
